{"title":"Overlap in EFL Learners' Online Casual Conversation: How Men and Women Differ","authors":"Aldha Williyan","doi":"10.29240/ef.v6i1.4109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v6i1.4109","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic is thought to have changed the way people communicate in society. It has ushered in a new way of living that is fully conducted online. It urges this study to concentrate on examining online communications, particularly men's and women's online casual conversations. The qualitative approach was employed to accomplish this. Three basic processes were carried out in greater depth. The first step was to tape the dialogue, which was transcribed using the theory of Eggins & Slade (1997). To strengthen the data, an unstructured interview was conducted (Mackey & Gass, 2005). Finally, to expose the phenomenon of overlap, the data were evaluated using theories proposed by numerous experts, such as Schegloff (2000), Cogo & Dewey (2012), Yule (1996), and many more. The results were afterward developed into rich verbal descriptions. Analysis shows that men's and women's online casual conversations have different patterns of overlap. This can happen because of the influence of what they have received throughout their lives about how to be a man and a woman. The gender values they get from their environment greatly affect how they communicate and interact with others.","PeriodicalId":33323,"journal":{"name":"English Franca Academic Journal of English Language and Education","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82159165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Analysis of Self-Directed Learning in Speaking Class During Pandemic Covid-19","authors":"Riswanto Riswanto, Endang Haryanto, Maisyarah Maisyarah","doi":"10.29240/ef.v6i1.3828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v6i1.3828","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic is a situation where students are responsible and independent in their learning. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of Education and Culture decided to switch teaching and learning activities in the classroom to an online system. This study aims to determine the level of self-directed learning independence in speaking class and the influencing factors. This study was designed as descriptive quantitative research using Likert scale questionnaires and interviews. The subjects of this study were students of SMAN 06 Bengkulu Tengah. Data analysis was carried out using the formula proposed by Sudjana to determine the percentage of students' scores. The results show that more than 64%, or half of the students, have fairly high levels of self-directed learning in the speaking class. Based on the findings and discussions, as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, the use of online learning in educational practice has gone well because students already have a fairly high level of independence. ","PeriodicalId":33323,"journal":{"name":"English Franca Academic Journal of English Language and Education","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77812466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using A Cognitive Therapy to Enhance Slow Learners’ Competence: Teacher’s Strategy","authors":"R. Adawiyah, S. Daulay","doi":"10.29240/ef.v6i1.4210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v6i1.4210","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to look at the capacity of slow learners in elementary school to improve their memory using cognitive therapy. The study was carried out at SDLB Gunung Louser Gayo Lues, the key organizer of inclusion. This study's sample consisted of pupils who are classified as slow learners among children with special needs (slow learners). This study's sample size was 20 students. In qualitative research, data is collected in natural settings and from original sources. More participatory observation (participatory observation), in-depth interviews (in-depth interviews), and recording are used in data collecting procedures. In addition, data collection techniques in qualitative research can also be done by recording data in intensive field notes. Based on the results of data analysis, it was found that there were differences in children's memory abilities before being given therapy with after being given therapy to slow learner children in elementary school. So the hypothesis proposed is that there is a difference in children's memory abilities before being given therapy with after being given therapy to slow learner children in elementary school children.","PeriodicalId":33323,"journal":{"name":"English Franca Academic Journal of English Language and Education","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89374511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Wulandari, Shynta Amalia, Muhammad Iqbal Ramdhani
{"title":"Investigating Speaking Difficulties of Senior High School Students: Linguistics and Psychological Problems","authors":"N. Wulandari, Shynta Amalia, Muhammad Iqbal Ramdhani","doi":"10.29240/ef.v6i1.4271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v6i1.4271","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the problems in communication experienced by senior high school students in Jambi City. Students in their final year of secondary education in Jambi City served as participants in this study. This study was carried out at SMAN 03, SMAN 08, and SMAN 11 Jambi City, all of which are recognized educational institutions. There were a total of 130 students in the tenth grade that took part in this research. The research was a quantitative study that was designed in the form of a survey. The questionnaire was the instrument that was employed for this study. There are a total of 25 questions on the questionnaire, all of which pertain to the difficulty that students have expressing themselves verbally regarding linguistics and psychological issues. The findings of this study also suggested that the students attending the three authorized institutions had the perception that psycholog","PeriodicalId":33323,"journal":{"name":"English Franca Academic Journal of English Language and Education","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89626328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Hidayati, M. Sri, Fuad Abdullah, Tenia Ramalia, Widia Yunita, F. Sulastri
{"title":"Whatsapp in the Indonesian Online EFL Learning Milieu: How Do the Students Engage?","authors":"A. Hidayati, M. Sri, Fuad Abdullah, Tenia Ramalia, Widia Yunita, F. Sulastri","doi":"10.29240/ef.v6i1.4136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v6i1.4136","url":null,"abstract":"WhatsApp has been extensively used by many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Indonesia as a near synchronous online learning platform. This program enables users to make announcements, exchange ideas and learning materials, and participate in online debates. Some recent publications inform its utilization in learning language, yet little discusses how students engage in the learning activities. Therefore, to fill this void, the present study aims to investigate the students' behavioral engagement during online learning using WhatsApp. To collect the data, this study employed observation and semi-structured interviews. An observation was completed in one class at a state university in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia to perceive how the students responded to the teacher's instructions during the learning process. Meanwhile, the interviews were conducted with nine students in a similar class. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings revealed that students engaged behaviourally by (1) posing questions or comments politely, (2) using emoticons and emojis as politeness reinforcements, and (3) confirming the unclear information behind the scene. Implications for teaching and further studies are discussed.","PeriodicalId":33323,"journal":{"name":"English Franca Academic Journal of English Language and Education","volume":"175 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76052799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ICT-Based Learning in New Normal Era: Viewed from Practice and Impact in ELT Classroom","authors":"Jumatul Hidayah, Prihantoro Prihantoro","doi":"10.29240/ef.v6i1.4116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v6i1.4116","url":null,"abstract":"The Covid-19 outbreak has caused a sudden transformation of learning from offline to online modes. Such a transformation raises the importance of ICT as an integral constituent of online learning. Hence, the present mixed-method study aimed to probe into the use of ICT in ELT and the perceived impacts of ICT use on students’ betterment in learning. Eleven English lecturers from the State Islamic Institute of Curup were incorporated as the participants. The quantitative data on the two foci were garnered from a set of an online questionnaires, and the qualitative data were gathered using observations and interviews. This study revealed that the English lecturers used ICT for several pedagogical purposes, such as preparing materials, browsing materials for their lessons, preparing material presentations, and evaluating alongside giving feedback on students' learning. Subsequently, all lecturers perceived that ICT had positive, beneficial, and contributive impacts on students’ betterment in learning especially in terms of enhancing students’ growth mindsets, metacognition, and learning engagement. Further studies are expected to conduct psychometric analyses to examine the interplay among growth mindsets, metacognition, and learning engagement as latent variables within the circle of ICT use in ELT.","PeriodicalId":33323,"journal":{"name":"English Franca Academic Journal of English Language and Education","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88639163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving Students’ English Pronunciation Competence by Using Shadowing Technique","authors":"Henny septia Utami, Ruly Morganna","doi":"10.29240/ef.v6i1.3915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v6i1.3915","url":null,"abstract":"This study used classroom action research at SMPN 1 Curup Timur in Bengkulu, using the shadowing technique to assist students in resolving their English pronunciation issues. As participants, 25 ninth-grade students were involved. The shadowing technique was carried out in two cycles, with each cycle consisting of three meetings. Two meetings were scheduled for the shadowing learning processes, with the third serving as a post-test. Observations and tests were used to collect data. The data were analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. This study uncovered two sets of data. First, for each meeting in each cycle, the process of learning English pronunciation using shadowing techniques included ten stages that included listening, listening while marking, mumbling, parallel reading, comprehending meanings, shadowing prosody sounds, recording, listening, and making comparisons, reviewing, and reflecting. Second, the shadowing technique was effective in improving students' English pronunciation skills. In cycle one, this technique was capable of improving English pronunciation indicators such as phonemes, sound combinations, and sound linkage. Following that, in cycle two, this technique could improve four other indicators: allophones, stress, rhythm and pitch, and intonation.","PeriodicalId":33323,"journal":{"name":"English Franca Academic Journal of English Language and Education","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87326616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategies in Online Speaking Classroom in the Time of Covid-19: A Descriptive Study at Tertiary Level","authors":"Z. L. Afriani, V. Utami","doi":"10.29240/ef.v5i2.2613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v5i2.2613","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, the Covid-19 pandemic has transformed teaching and learning into a virtual model, which demands teachers to find their best strategy. This study aims to analyze the strategies applied by teachers at the tertiary level in the time of Covid-19. The researchers employed a descriptive research design conducted in one of the Islamic universities at Bengkulu. The subjects were two English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching staff who taught speaking skills at the beginner level. The data was obtained through a semi-structured interview. The observation was also done during one semester, where the researchers took part in the online classrooms. After the data was collected, the researchers analyzed the data by following some steps: (1) data reduction, (2) data display, and (2) conclusion drawing/verification. The findings revealed that the English teachers used several teaching-speaking skills integrated with social media and mobile phone applications to be accessed easily. The strategies are lecturing, role-play, online group discussion, simulation, and drilling. They are blended with WhatsApp Group, Google Classroom, Zoom, and Instagram. Even though the learning process can be managed in this pandemic, face-to-face learning is still favorable.","PeriodicalId":33323,"journal":{"name":"English Franca Academic Journal of English Language and Education","volume":"210 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80636422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Implementation of Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOTS) in Junior High School: Teaching Practice and Problems","authors":"R. Feronica, Eka Apriani, S. Edy","doi":"10.29240/ef.v5i2.2589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v5i2.2589","url":null,"abstract":"This study is aims to find out teaching practice and problems in impelementing HOTS. This research is descriptive qualitative. Subject of this study were four English Teacher in SMPN 1 Rejang Lebong. Questionnaire and interview were used to find out data of this research. Data analyzed by using qualitative analysis. The result of this study is (1) the implementation of HOTS in SMPN 1 Rejang Lebong is well done based on Anderson Taxonomy: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. Second, teaching problems in HOTS implementation, and (2) lack of facilities, lack of time, lack of training, lack of knowledge, lack of connection, and lack of motivation were teaching problems of HOTS implementation. This finding is hoped can be used to know about teaching and learning process by using HOTS in junior high school.Keywords: HOTS, Junior High School, Teaching Practice, Teaching Problems","PeriodicalId":33323,"journal":{"name":"English Franca Academic Journal of English Language and Education","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89816441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of a Three-Step Interview on Students’ Speaking Ability","authors":"Rifda Arafah, Sudarwan Danim, Wayan Dharmayana, Sakut Anshori, Prihantoro Prihantoro","doi":"10.29240/ef.v5i2.2329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29240/ef.v5i2.2329","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this study was to determine the impact of employing a Three-Step Interview on students' speaking abilities. This study's population consisted of all 80 students in their first year at MAN Talang Leak Kabupaten Lebong. The sample consisted of 56 individuals drawn from two courses. The students were separated into two groups: the experimental group got therapy utilizing the Three-Step-Interview method, while the control group was taught using traditional methods. The data will be collected using several methods in the exam. The pre-test will be given once before the therapy begins, and the post-test will be given once the study is completed. This research includes seven treatment meetings. It is based on MAN Talang Leak's academic timetable and semester program. The post-test would be given to the students after they had received seven treatments for each topic. The results from this study will be statistically analyzed using the t-test for the pre-and post-tests. The post-test will be used to collect data on the influence of using the Three-Step-Interview method on students' speaking performance. The disparity between the two classes was substantial. According to the data analysis, the outcome demonstrates that the Three-Step-Interview approach may increase students' speaking abilities. It is possible to conclude that the usage of the Three-Step-Interview had a beneficial influence on students' speaking skills. Based on the findings, teachers are advised to utilize the Three-Step-Interview approach when training senior high school pupils to talk.","PeriodicalId":33323,"journal":{"name":"English Franca Academic Journal of English Language and Education","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80079882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}